William leonard lambkin



. Patented oct. n, |898. w. L. LAMBKIN.

NEWSPAPER FILE.

(Application led Nov. 1, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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A rra/mers UNITED s STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VILLIAM LEONARD LAMBKIN, OF OTTAWA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO DANIEL L. MCLEAN, OF SAME PLACE.

NEWSPAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,113, dated October 11, 1898. Application iiled November 1, 1897. Serial No. 657,022.' (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LEONARD LAMBKIN, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Newspaper Files, of which the following is a specification, :reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts.`

This invention relates to improvements in newspaper-files and the object of the invention is to provide a newspaper-.file which shall hold all the sheets or parts of one or more issues of a newspaper securely, yet convenient for reference, and in and from which the papers may be readily inserted or removed.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved` file shown open and ready for insertion or removal of papers. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, on a larger scale, partly in section, showing the lock and parts broken out. Fig'. 3 is a view of the interior of the lock, looking toward the inner edge; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper portion of the le.

In the drawings, A and B are two clamp bars or rods, connected at one end by a springhinge C and at the other by a lock and one of them, A, being provided on its innerV face with pins a, adapted to enter into registering perforations Z2 in the other.

' The spring-hinge C may consist of a wire coil O', with legs o c, turned approximately at a right angle to the axis of the coil and formed with means for securing them to the rods, such as an eye c for the insertion of a screw O2 and a bent end o2 to be driven into the wood or some other convenient way. The distance between the legs c will be such that when they are secured to the rodsA and B the latter when pressed together will be in contact with each other at the hinge end, so that they will clamp any papers that are placed between them, and the coil-spring barrel O will yield to any accumulation between the rods. The tendency of the spring will be to separate the opposite or lock ends of the rods. The spring-hinge will also yield laterally without much strain.

The lock consists of two parts secured to the non-hinge ends of the rods and is adapted to connect the latter and hold them connected at a variable-distance apart. One part, Fig. 2, consists of a face-plate d, adapted to be firmly secured to the inner face of one of the rods, preferably the lower, A, and having a rigid stud D at a right angle, one edge of which is provided with ratchet-teeth d. The other part consists of a face-plate e, (shown in Figs. 2 and 3,) with two sides e e', adapted to be firmly secured to the other rod B and incasing a cavity in the latter. A perforation 2 in the face-plate e is adapted to receive and pass thelocking-stud D. A catch E, with end beveled to fit the ratchet-teeth d', is held slidingly on the inner side of the face-plate e, guided by a slot and screw e2 and e3 and tailpiece and bearing e4 and e5 and pressed into engagement with the locking-stud by a spring E', coiled upon said tailpiece against the bearing e5, the latter being secured to the face-plate e. A pin cG on the upper face of the catch E is adapted to operate said catch by means of the bit of a key inserted through a keyhole e7 in one of the sides of the casing engaging a center pin es, secured to the inner face of the other side of the casing. Award egmay be provided.

When the locking-catch E is retracted by the key, the locking-stud D may leave the perforation 2. The locking-catch being liberated, its motion is limited by the slot e2, so as not to project too far over said perforation and prevent the entrance of the stud D when desired. The locking is effected by simply bringing the stud D opposite the perforation 2 and pressing the ends of the two rods together, the stud pressing back the lockingcatch tooth by tooth and entering into the perforation as deep as the thickness of papers placed between the rodswill allow. The catch E retains the stud D and prevents its return. Thus the two rods are held together.

The coil O of the spring affords a convenient device for hanging up the tile on a pin or hook.

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Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A newspaper-me, comprising a pair of rods hinged together at oneY end,- a springhin ge at said end making a close but Variable Contact between said rods and tending to separate them at their outer or free ends, and a looking device adapted for connecting the free ends of the said rods in variable positions, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a newspaper-file, the combination of a pair of rods hinged together at one end, a spring-hinge at said end making a close but variable contact between said rods and tending to separate them, pins secured to one of 

